waveland said:
So....how do they play relative to each other??
Congrats!
extremely close actually. I had the modification learning curve down quick with the first one,
So the second time around was a breeze. I did revision the sound post design to the second one and the results are very poisitive to the first attempt. More woody, airy tone, better than the first attempt and will re apply to the first.
the second, DD426, had its problems...
first fret was replaced and not leveled and crowned to the rest of the board,
Original nut was raised to compensate the fret, result in very action for the rest.
non original bridge assembly, a archtop replacement type with a gotoh type abr bridge thingy.
easy fixes.
After the fret/ fret board dressing and nut returned to its original origin,
potting pickups, installing the sound post V2 and modded abr assembly,
strung it up with DR blues 10's, she woke right up
sounds fantastic. Plays just like DD427 with just a little more
woddy airy tone. The pickups metered about the same as others, but as with DD427, DD426 pickups were factory installed
"backwards".. the hotter in the neck, colder in bridge ( 5.14 & 5.10 apprx.) but I took care of that
Hands down, my favorite guitar. I can get rid of just about everything else I have ( and probably will) and just be very
happy and content with the old bluesbirds. I am hooked.
Thanks for the comments guys. To have these two, and as what they are, what turned out to be, I feel pretty good